The Ukrainian president denounced, in a statement to the nation, that Russia continues to bombard the part of the Kherson province under the control of the Kiev government, while rescue teams try to save the victims of a dam overflowing.
“The evacuation continues. Under fire! The Russian artillery continues to fire, no matter what. Savages,” said Volodymyr Zelensky, who again called the destruction of the dam and hydroelectric power station in New Kakhovka a Russian “act” that provoked severe flood.
Zelensky also stated that the situation in the occupied part of the Kherson province is “absolutely catastrophic”. According to the President, “the occupiers simply abandoned the people in these terrible conditions.”
According to the Ukrainian president, the authorities imposed by Russia in the region have abandoned the population to their fate, “without water” and “on the roofs of flooded villages.”
“And this is another deliberate crime of Russia: after the terrorist state has caused the disaster, it also maximizes the damage caused,” he said.
The Kherson province is divided by the Dnieper River, on which the destroyed dam and hydroelectric power station were located. The western shore is controlled by the kyiv government and the eastern is occupied by Russia.
According to kyiv, Russia intentionally blew up the dam and power plant, which were located in the occupied zone, to flood the territory and prevent a possible Ukrainian advance.
Source: TSF
